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RELEASE: Ministry seeks public input on H.J. McFarland Memorial Home development proposal

The Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC) has launched a public consultation related to the development of a new H.J. McFarland Memorial Home. In June 2019, the Honourable Christine Elliott, Deputy Premie...

Aron Locke Oct 10, 2020

City of Belleville honours former city councillor Kay Manderville

Former Belleville City Councillor Kay Manderville was honoured by the city for her lengthy list of accomplishments Friday. Council members past and present were in attendance to speak about Mandervill...

Aron Locke Oct 09, 2020

Dukes seeing double as they sign Dubois twins

The Wellington Dukes have inked another set of twins to the roster. Wellington has signed Jax and Riley Dubois for the upcoming season, adding the pair from the U18 Nepean Raiders AAA program. Jax is ...

David Foot Oct 09, 2020 The Wellington Dukes have signed twin brothers Riley and Jax Dubois for the upcoming OJHL season. (Photo: Submitted / Wellington Dukes)

HPE Public Health finds one more new COVID-19 cases locally

Hastings Prince Edward Health is reporting another new case of COVID-19 in our area today. The Health Unit Dashboard shows six active cases, with the most recent one being detected in Belleville, thou...

David Foot Oct 09, 2020

Provincial government helping out entertainers

With the event organization and art industries suffering in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government is stepping up to help out. Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sports, Tourism an...

Aron Locke Oct 09, 2020

Tanner Neron sentenced to four years in prison

A 28-year-old man who was convicted of 11 sex-related charges in March of this year will spend four years in prison. Justice Patrick Hurley, who had heard sentencing submissions back in July, issued h...

David Foot Oct 09, 2020

Durkin bows out of Conservative nomination

It's no longer a three-way race to become the federal Conservative candidate in Bay of Quinte riding. Friday Tim Durkin, who was the candidate in last year's election, announced he would not run again...

John Spitters Oct 09, 2020

Inmate dies at Millhaven Institution

An inmate at Millhaven institution has died in custody. Officials at the Kingston prison say Edward Schwartz died "of apparent natural causes" on Thursday. He had been serving a life sentence for mult...

David Foot Oct 09, 2020 Aerial image of Millhaven Institution near Kingston.

Investing in a strong Indigenous agriculture sector

The federal government is investing more to help Indigenous communities develop culturally appropriate agricultural policies across the country. Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Minister of Agri...

John Spitters Oct 09, 2020 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Bay of Quinte riding MP Neil Ellis as he speaks at a virtual announcement Friday (October 9/20)

More people back to work

The unemployment rate in our part of the province has again followed the national and provincial trends. Today (Friday) Statistics Canada announced that the national unemployment rate had dropped to 9...

John Spitters Oct 09, 2020 (Photo: Quinte News)